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Book Review: “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett
The Calamity Club is a richly detailed Depression-era novel about strong women, female friendship, and survival under challenging circumstances.
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Book Review: “What We Can Know” by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan’s “What We Can Know” explores how history is built, how fragile it is, and how little we can truly know about the past.
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Book Review: “Go Gentle” by Maria Semple
Go Gentle is a sharp, witty novel about midlife reinvention, female friendship, and finding community in unexpected ways.
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Book Review: “Daughter of Egypt” by Marie Benedict
Daughter of Egypt pairs Lady Evelyn Herbert, one of the first to enter Tutankhamun’s tomb, with Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh later erased from history, to explore women’s ambition and the fight to claim their place in history.
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Book Review: “Katabasis” by R.F. Kuang
Katabasis is an intellectually-driven fantasy adventure story with a love story lingering underneath its interrogation of ambition and morality. If that piques your interest, I highly recommend it.
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Book Review: “Fatherland” by Victoria Shorr
Fatherland is an emotionally devastating intergenerational family saga exploring the fallout after a successful man abandons his family in midcentury America.
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Book Review: “Kin” by Tayari Jones
“Kin” is a big-hearted, compassionate, and deeply human story about friendship, family, racism, and belonging.
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Book Review: “Clutch” by Emily Nemens
Emily Nemens’ new novel “Clutch” is a celebration of enduring female friendship in all its messy glory.
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Book Review: “Crux” by Gabriel Tallent
“Crux” is an emotionally powerful story about the friendship between two teenagers who dream of escaping their Mojave Desert small town to become rock climbers.
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Book Review: “Room 706” by Ellie Levenson
Room 706 is a taut, tense, and emotionally charged thriller set in a high stakes hostage situation.
